Jim Duffie
Republican · GA
Duffie is a Navy veteran who served in the nuclear submarine force and later built a career in business and real estate. His priorities are replacing the federal income tax with the FairTax and cutting rules that burden small businesses.
Where Jim Duffie stands, based on their records
Supports
Personal Income Tax Reduction (6 records)
Campaign finance information not available
Track record
Track record — Personal Income Tax Reduction
Personal Income Tax Reduction · 6 support
Met with U.S. Rep. Rob Woodall at his Lawrenceville office to press for the national FAIRtax Act (H.R. 25) and discuss the 2017 federal tax law.
July 3, 2018Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction
Source: archives.fairtax.org · researched September 21, 2026
Helped choose Rep. Emory Dunahoo to sponsor the 2016 Georgia FairTax Act (HB 1141), a bill to replace the state income and sales taxes with a single FairTax.
March 17, 2016Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction
Source: gafairtax.org · researched September 21, 2026
Answered state lawmakers' questions about the Georgia FairTax bill at the second FairTax Advocacy Day at the state Capitol.
February 4, 2016Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction
Source: gafairtax.org · researched September 21, 2026
Spoke to the Athens Area FairTax Club about state and national efforts to replace income taxes with the FairTax.
August 15, 2015Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction
Source: gafairtax.org · researched September 21, 2026
Submitted a resolution to the 2015 Georgia Republican convention urging lawmakers to pass FairTax-style tax reform; the resolutions committee did not read it.
June 21, 2015Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction
Source: gafairtax.org · researched September 21, 2026
Lobbied Georgia lawmakers, including Rep. Steve Tarvin, at a Capitol advocacy day for a state FairTax bill to replace the state income tax.
February 4, 2015Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction
Source: gafairtax.org · researched September 21, 2026
Track record — General
General · 12 records
Received the Georgia Republican Assembly's endorsement for the 4th Congressional District seat in 2026.
February 11, 2026
Source: georgiara.com · researched September 21, 2026
Was re-elected chairman of the Georgia Republican Party's 4th Congressional District in 2025, with Georgia Republican Assembly backing.
June 4, 2025
Source: georgiara.com · researched September 21, 2026
Served in the U.S. Navy from 1961 to 1968, spending the last four and a half years running the nuclear reactor on the submarine USS Skate.
January 19, 2025
Source: ablelifebiotech.net · researched September 21, 2026
Co-founded A Better Life Experience LLC, now Ablelife Biotech, an Atlanta company that sells water and air purification technology, and became its chairman and CEO.
January 19, 2025
Source: ablelifebiotech.net · researched September 21, 2026
Was elected chairman of the Georgia Republican Party's 4th Congressional District at the 2023 district convention, with Georgia Republican Assembly backing.
April 26, 2023
Source: georgiara.com · researched September 21, 2026
Gave technical advice on the FairTax to Jeanne Seaver, a Republican candidate for Georgia lieutenant governor, as the state's FAIRtax director.
January 31, 2022
Source: fairtax.org · researched September 21, 2026
Stepped down as state director of Georgians for Fair Taxation after five years; Bill Fogarty replaced him, and he stayed on the board.
January 5, 2017
Source: gafairtax.org · researched September 21, 2026
Was re-elected to a three-year term on the board of Georgians for Fair Taxation and kept his role as the group's state director.
December 3, 2014
Source: gafairtax.org · researched September 21, 2026
Lost the 2014 general election for Georgia House District 81 to Democratic incumbent Scott Holcomb, 5,118 votes (46.7%) to 5,842 (53.3%).
November 4, 2014
Source: sos.ga.gov · researched September 21, 2026
Served on the board of the Kiwanis Club of Atlanta and as a lead volunteer for the USO Council of Georgia, according to his 2014 candidate profile.
October 31, 2014
Source: roughdraftatlanta.com · researched September 21, 2026
Became a director of Americans for Fair Taxation, the national FairTax group, as one of three Georgia delegates when the group reorganized.
June 20, 2014
Source: gafairtax.org · researched September 21, 2026
Worked in real estate sales and owned three real estate companies, then moved into mortgage lending and formed his own mortgage company.
March 28, 2013
Source: gafairtax.org · researched September 21, 2026
Race Jim Duffie is in:
- United States Representative, Congressional District 4 · November 3, 2026 · Congressional District 4 (119th Congress), Georgia
Profile last researched September 21, 2026.